Contemporary Metaphysical

Is death really the end? On the night of his 35th birthday, Jared November sits with a shotgun under his jaw and hopes beyond hope that it is. He is a man in pain, chasing intoxication and distraction in a tightening spiral. The mask he wears to pretend he’s a regular person is slipping, and he’s arrived at a state of grim resolve. But when he pulls the trigger he finds himself cast into an endless void. There, a singular voice tells him: You are not finished! Now, Jared is forced to examine his life with new eyes.

A "La gran caiguda", Peter Handke ens porta a seguir a un personatge durant les seves aventures per la ciutat. El protagonista, un actor experimentat, desperta a casa d'una dona desconeguda. No recorda com o per quin motiu ha arribat allà. Començará a caminar sense rumb per la ciutat a l'espera del rodatge que comença el dia següent, i durant el seu camí es trobará a tot un conjunt de personatges a partir dels quals en Peter Handke parla de temes com la memória, la identitat i el passar del temps.

You will find yourself in this audiobook. Together with the main characters, you will go from obscurity and despair to rebirth and freedom. Immerse yourself in the mysteries of the universe. Meet with truth, goodness, evil, the desire to live, the right to choose, free will, infinity of time, faith, hope, and love. And most importantly, you will meet with yourself.

Driven by money, power and success, Gabriel has worked ruthlessly to get to the very top of the banking game. He's not going to let the inconvenience of a terminal brain tumour get in his way. But the tumour has other ideas. As it grows, it appears to be doing strange things to Gabriel's personality. Whether he likes it or not, he seems to be becoming less selfish, less mercenary, less unlikeable. Once he could dismiss the rest of humanity as irrelevant. Now he's not so sure.

Una chica gana un concurso para participar en un nuevo proyecto en una ambiciosa compañía. Su trabajo consiste en probar el nuevo proyecto y reportar fallas. En un mundo distante, un ángel cautivo en el cielo está obligado a pagar una condena eterna mientras que la niña que estaba bajo su cuidado enfrenta sola los peligros que habitan en la Tierra. Mientras el ángel lucha por escapar y volver junto a la niña que, presiente ella, está en grave peligro, la chica empieza a descubrir algunas cosas turbias de la compañía para la que está trabajando.

Doctors tend to the needs of their patients, but patients give meaning to the lives of their doctors. So it is for Cullen Brodie, a twice-divorced California nephrologist, and Ennis Willoughby, a troubled cross-dresser whose life is saved by a rare heart-and-kidney transplant. Cullen’s bitter disbelief in the afterlife is tested when Ennis begins to exhibit tastes and characteristics uncannily similar to those of his female organ donor - whose first name Ennis inexplicably knows.

Com cada divendres després de sortir de la vella llibreria on treballa, en Pedro realitza un trajecte amb autobús per visitar la seva nòvia, la Rosane, que viu als afores de la ciutat. Durant el viatge, marcat pel congestionat trànsit de l'hora punta, en Pedro s'entreté llegint un relat sobre el pas de Darwin per Brasil, escoltant rumors sobre revoltes als afores, observant la ciutat i als passatgers de l'autobús. Tot això influirà poc a poc en el seu voluble pensament. Al final del viatge ja no serà el mateix. Tot el que ha vist i pensat durant el trajecte el portarà a un coneixement més crític i profund de les coses, les persones i la societat en què viu, una societat que decideix el seu destí amb unes cartes marcades des de l'inici.

Do you believe in soulmates? Aiden does. So when his colleague, Jen, is dumped unceremoniously by her dreadful boyfriend, Aiden decides to take matters - and Jen's life - into his own hands. Scouring the internet for a suitable partner for Jen, Aiden finds Tom. He'd be perfect for Jen apart from one minor detail: Tom lives in New York. Luckily for Jen and Tom, Aiden's not just an interfering colleague. In fact, Aiden isn't exactly human - he's a very complicated artificial intelligence....

A fairly simple and submissive young man of the future is suddenly faced with losing the love of his life. Within moments, however, an extreme event makes him aware of the fact that he's had past lives and gains access to all of their knowledge and abilities. Will he be able to use this new knowledge and power to save his love? Are there others like him? If so, how are they using their gifts?

Findet der junge Prinz zu seiner Liebe zurück? Ein Prinz wie für uns erschaffen. Von anmutiger Gestalt und mit tadellosem Benehmen. Doch als er seine Augen öffnet, fühlt er sich verlassen und ahnt nicht von wem. Er macht sich auf die Suche und weiß nicht wonach. Auf seiner Reise durch eine ihm unbekannte Welt trifft er auf viele schräge Vögel, mit denen er lacht und manchmal weint. Niemand stillt seinen Hunger, keiner öffnet sein Herz. Doch auch er wird vermisst. Voller Sehnsucht und mit bangem Herzen.

On a beautiful, spring afternoon, a broken man stands at his wife's funeral and hears the words, “Heaven Enough.” Thus begins a poem about longing, about wishing for something more. "What would it be like if I had heaven enough?" it reads. Matt Murphy reads these words for the first time at his wife's funeral. After a death shrouded with mystery, it is the first time he learns that she wrote poetry. He and Diva were married for nearly twenty years, yet he did not "know" her. A poet and lover of culinary delights, she is struck by a car and killed instantly.

From the moment she arrived to California, architect Lia knows her working trip to the West coast is a disaster. The company that hired her seems determined to discredit both her work and her professionalism. For some strange reason, her house never looks the same twice. Lia’s only consolation is Aiden: The sexy stranger she met on Venice Beach. As mystery piles on mystery, nothing remains constant. Even Lia’s own nature comes into question, as a dark force seeks to claim her for its own evil ends.

Com cada divendres després de sortir de la vella llibreria on treballa, Pedro realitza un trajecte amb autobús per visitar la seva nòvia, Rosane, que viu als afores de la ciutat. Durant el viatge, marcat pel congestionat trànsit de lhora punta, Pedro sentreté llegint un relat sobre el pas de Darwin per Brasil, escoltant rum ors sobre revoltes als afores, observant la ciutat i als passatgers de lautobús.

Karen had grown up living a normal life. She had a great job, a loving family, and amazing friends. But there was always something about Karen that made her different. Ever since she was a child, Karen has had out-of-body experiences (OBEs). It used to terrify her when she was younger because she didn’t know what they were. She just knew that sometimes her eyes would open, and she would be somewhere else. Soon after, Karen learned of the true nature of these spiritual experiences.

The Roots of Elmore's Existence is a story about the importance of connection to family, to friends, and to the world in which we live. It is a story of love and escapism, and it speaks of the adventurous nature of the human spirit and the power of dreams. Willoughby Elmore is the last in line to the family name and sole steward to a forest of sequoia trees in Northern California. After having spent too many years in solitude, his life appears empty, and his spirit has waned. One morning, Willoughby rises from a dream so vivid he cannot distinguish it from reality.

Torn between right and wrong, justice and peace, honesty and immorality, Adi struggles to embrace herself and the world around her, hoping others can do the same. Does the war she chooses to fight end in victory or total defeat? In the midst of all the mayhem will either guy ultimately win Adi’s heart, or has too much damage been done to end up with either one of them? She soon finds out there is no action too horrible or too grand when pursing the one you love or are fighting your enemies.

Una nit en què està a punt de nevar, una dona espera la seva filla petita, que no acaba d''arribar mai. El periple londinenc d'un escriptor a qui han encarregat una missió compromesa i que acabarà realitzant-ne una altra de ben diferent. Un professor enigmàtic torna gairebé dues dècades més tard, quan ja ningúno pensava en ell. Una angelical collidora de flors que s'acosta als noranta anys.

Marie Michaels had a perfect life - a happy marriage to her college sweetheart, mother to two beautiful teenage children, and the owner of a successful business. Her life was everything she had imagined, until the day she was diagnosed with terminal cancer. After undergoing several medical treatments, she loses her ability to hear, making communication with her family and friends challenging.

Intriguing blue doors and ethereal mists beckon people who are devastated by mankind's greed, corruption, and indifference, such as Zachary, a young man whose family's organic farm is ruined by fracking; Haruto, a Miko living in Fukushima, Japan, where the nuclear meltdown is raging out of control; Mahakanta, a cotton farmer in India, who used GMO seeds with devastating results; Amazonian tribe members, Conchita, and her father, Pahtia, who are fighting against the intruders.

Una nit de carnaval. Una nit de carnaval després de cinc anys sense cap nit desbarjo. Disfressar-se. Ser un mateix. Estar sol. Agafar un bon pet. Entregar-se. Perdres. Riure. Convertir-se en pare. Enyorar. Cardar. Plorar. Barallar-se. Trobar-se. Mantenir-se dret. Sentir-se part dalguna cosa. Viure. La travessia catàrtica d'un personatge inoblidable a través d'una nit d'alcohol, drogues, sexe i tot tipus de trobades que el portaran a topar-se amb si mateix.